The Government has not met its responsibility to develop this system and the people of the Wind River Reservation should not be further shortchanged based on a political whim here in Washington.

This would not only cripple ranchers in inter-mountain States like Wyoming, but across the dairy and cattle operations of the Northeast and Midwest.

addressing climate change through the Clean Air Act is a disaster waiting to happen.

As a former State Senator, I am very familiar with some of those.

We must not allow any stimulus investments to be needlessly blocked by bureaucratic red tape and never ending litigation.

the biggest concern of the people of Wyoming is sometimes how Federal laws on the books are being used in ways that they were never intended to be used.

Congratulations to both of you. Congratulations to your family and friends and associates who are here.

I have serious concerns on how this bill will affect my home State.

Nominees to serve in the highest environmental posts in the land should not approve of these tactics.

In Wyoming, where the frontier spirit of smaller government and individual liberty are still sacred traditions, there is overwhelming objection to legislative efforts which would expand the Federal Clean Water Act jurisdiction over all…

Ranchers and miners in Wyoming know that addressing climate change through the Clean Air Act is a disaster waiting to happen.

this legislation would grant the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers virtually unlimited regulatory control.

I hope that we can all work together in a manner that is reasonable.

I encourage the nominees to stand up to these political pressures and say 'no' to turning laws passed by Congress into something that they are not.

I intend to do everything possible to oversee and ensure that Federal agencies stop overstepping the authority given to them by Congress.

So we must have a way of dealing with those emissions as well, if we are going to really beat this climate change issue.

I would ask, will you follow these reinterpretations or come back to the Congress and say, could you please clarify this so we know exactly what you are talking about?

I fear that the consequences of operating in this fashion will prove disastrous, with little environmental gain to show for it.

it is a privilege today, and really a joy, to rise to join in the celebration of Senator Mitch McConnell and his many terrific years of service to this country and to the people of the State of Kentucky. For those folks who watch from the…

The people of Wyoming... want to make sure that the foreign aid we spend... is being used so that people are really getting value for their money.

Coal right now is the most affordable, available, reliable, and secure source of energy.

I introduced this bill, the Wyoming Range Withdrawal Act, to fulfill a commitment I made to the people of Wyoming and to complete the work that was started by my good friend, Senator Craig Thomas.

these figures, particularly the estimated gas reserves, are still not a small amount, but they are significantly lower than the previously stated estimates and much smaller in size and in scope relative to other known gas reserves in the…

Right now coal is the most affordable, available, reliable and secure source of energy.

We think that the R&D budget should be dramatically increased at the DOE and that the process that that R&D budget gets outlaid should be dramatically changed.